Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Random Thoughts on GodI just don’t know who God might be,Might God just be a part of me?Oh, well, I only know for sureThere’s lots that I don’t know of God!

Sometimes I wonder if an antLooks upon me as a godCapricious in destructiveness - and huge –I wonder if an ant would prayPlease save me just for one more dayFrom monster foot or lethal sprayTo go about my chores?

My grandson, Guy, came by last weekHe’s ten years old this coming MayHis folks were going skiing, but GuyElected to hang out with me.

We took a walk, just Guy and me;We saw a lizard in the street.Guy poked him, and he spun and bitAnd rustled off into the weeds.“I think I saved his life,” said Guy

“I like amphibians,” said Guy,“But reptiles I like best.”We spoke of Loch Ness Monster loreAnd wondered as we walkedIf monsters ever lived in lakesAlong the California shoreAnd just how big were crocodilesAnd how dart frogs could kill a man“At fifty feet,” said Guy.

We watched the geese and ducks and birdsAnd swung on swings and kicked our shoesHis went furthest – “by a mile,”Said Guy.

Guy told me that he thought a lot –“I think I’m Buddhist, more or less,I think that we’ll come back some day,I think that I’ve been here before,I think I was a warrior”“I think you were,” said I.

I really don’t know much of GodBut as I walked along with GuyI thanked that God that I don’t knowFor lizards, frogs, and ants – and Guy.